October 6-10

This week the fourth grade: 

• Finished reading our book club books!
• Identified and wrote abbreviations 
• Finished their Switcheroo Zoo animal adaptation project in class
• Discussed the relationship among organisms in their ecosystems 
• Identified the roles of producers, consumers and decomposers in an ecosystem
• Created food chains and webs to trace the flow of energy in an ecosystem
• Studied the first Europeans to explore Missouri, including Father Jacques Marquette
• Continued our study of the Southeast by sorting the natural resources, industries, and agricultural products.
• Reviewed the states and capitals of the Southeast.
• Discussed how the people of the Southeast have shaped its culture.
• Read David Shannon's Duck on a Bike and prewrote for ideas to write our own children's book.
• Reviewed Topic 4 in math for our test on Thursday
• Made multiplication flash cards for help with unfamiliar math facts

Next week we will:

• Learn rules for using a comma correctly in a sentence
• Being reading The War with Grandpa as a class
• Take a quiz in science over animal adaptations, producers and consumers
• Finish food chain project in class
• Begin learning about the water cycle
• Explore the people and culture of the Southeast region
• Publish Southeast region minibooks
• Review Southeast region concepts in preparation for test
• Take a test over the Southeast Region
• Write a narrative rough draft of our own children's book based on David Shannon's Duck on a Bike
• Attend the Symphony at the Kauffman Center for a Cultural Arts experience
• Begin Topic 5 in Math:  Multiplying 1-digit numbers
• Students should be practicing their multiplication facts at home on a daily basis!

Upcoming dates:

• Monday, 10/13:  NO SCHOOL, Professional Development
• Wednesday 10/15:  Science Quiz over adaptations, producers and consumers
• Wednesday 10/15:  Symphony Field Trip to the Kauffman Center, more information to follow later
• Thursday, 10/16:  Science Club, 7:30 am in Mrs. Van Maren's classroom
• Friday, 10/17:  Social Studies Southeast Test
• Friday, 10/17:  End of Quarter 1
• Wednesday, 10/22:  Math Club, 7:30 am in Mrs. Stephenson's classroom
• Thursday 10/23:  Conferences, 12:00 pm-8:00 pm
• Friday, 10/24:  Conferences, 8:00 am-12:00 pm
• Friday, 10/31:  Halloween party, 2:30 pm

 You can order books for your child through Scholastic Book Clubs!   

Shop Online: scholastic.com/readingclub
One-Time Class Activation Code: HFWTD 
Every online order earns three free books for our classrooms!  We use these free books for classroom libraries and as a punch card reward.

Here's to a great week in the fourth grade!

Mrs. Stephenson and Mrs. Van Maren